# Ladies it really is good for you. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485 "2011-07-18T20:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/1 "2011-07-18T20:14:52Z")
I’ve laughed and laughed at this article. Semen is good for you. [http://thestir.cafemom.com/love\_sex/121763/one\_of\_the\_most\_detested](http://thestir.cafemom.com/love_sex/121763/one_of_the_most_detested) I’m not sure if it was supposed to be funny. Reminds me of a 15 year old trying to convince his first gf to swallow. _It’s good for you_. **Really??** ok… if you say so 😛 > [@](#): > > That’s right, semen may be a cure for sore throats and diabetes! The next time you eat too much sugar and worry about your insulin levels, balance it out with a little semen (and, of course, talk to your doctor). If you lose your voice shouting at the kids for fighting, protect your throat with semen. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Darknuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Dr\_Darknuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Darknuss)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/2 "2011-07-18T20:17:31Z")
If I may piggyback on this conversation. According to some research a couple years ago, semen may also have anti-deppresant properties. Here is our article discussing it [http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html](http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/3 "2011-07-18T20:18:02Z")
I’ll believe it when they start recommending semen for men as well as women. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/4 "2011-07-18T20:22:37Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’ll believe it when they start recommending semen for men as well as women. And getting a dose is really convenient for guys, right? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/5 "2011-07-18T20:23:09Z")
I thought certain throat cancers were on the rise because oral sex is becoming more mainstream. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/6 "2011-07-18T20:28:18Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I thought certain throat cancers were on the rise because oral sex is becoming more mainstream. I think those are due to HPV transmission - cervical, penile, and anal cancers are attributed to it as well. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/7 "2011-07-18T20:34:58Z")
So everyone should be doing their men a favor and snowballing it back? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Darknuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Dr\_Darknuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Darknuss)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/8 "2011-07-18T20:38:18Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I think those are due to HPV transmission - cervical, penile, and anal cancers are attributed to it as well. Exactly. That is what the current thinking is. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/9 "2011-07-18T20:39:33Z")
> [@Dr\_Darknuss](#): > > If I may piggyback on this conversation. According to some research a couple years ago, semen may also have anti-deppresant properties. Here is our article discussing it > > [http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html](http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html) Still not worth the stomach ache. What? I’m the only one who gets a stomach ache after swallowing? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/10 "2011-07-18T20:46:59Z")
It may be good for you but mom always looks at me funny when I offer it ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/11 "2011-07-18T20:50:34Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m not sure if it was supposed to be funny. Reminds me of a 15 year old trying to convince his first gf to swallow. _It’s good for you_. That reminds me of some flyers I saw up around the campus of a major university. It advertised an event where women wanting to empower themselves could have plaster casts of their breasts made. Yeah! Woman power! Topple patriarchy! I imagine that the idea started with two drunk guys in a dorm room. “Dude! I totally know how we can get to see some tits!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/12 "2011-07-18T22:42:00Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Still not worth the stomach ache. > What? I’m the only one who gets a stomach ache after swallowing? I don’t get a stomach ache but it does give me a sore throat… which seems to run contrary to the site the OP quoted! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Darknuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Dr\_Darknuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Darknuss)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/13 "2011-07-19T00:36:46Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Still not worth the stomach ache. > What? I’m the only one who gets a stomach ache after swallowing? Fair enough. The study we looked at did not actually look at swallowing it. It only looked at unprotected sex (assuming unprotected sex meant sperm was deposited vaginally) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/14 "2011-07-19T02:03:50Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’ll believe it when they start recommending semen for men as well as women. Why would we need it? _It’s in us all the time_! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/15 "2011-07-19T02:07:06Z")
> [@Dr\_Darknuss](#): > > If I may piggyback on this conversation. According to some research a couple years ago, semen may also have anti-deppresant properties. Here is our article discussing it > > [http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html](http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html) And that is why they are called gay! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/16 "2011-07-19T02:33:15Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Why would we need it? _It’s in us all the time_! Username/post win. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/17 "2011-07-19T06:54:23Z")
Doesn’t bother me at all 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tealsee20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tealsee20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tealsee20)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/18 "2011-07-19T10:14:49Z")
There are also other ‘healthy’ substances and foodstuffs that taste bad, in the world. I’m not eating them, either. ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/19 "2011-07-19T15:27:34Z")
The evidence of benefits from oral exposure keeps [accruing](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706945) ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485/20 "2011-07-20T07:12:38Z")
> [@Dr\_Darknuss](#): > > If I may piggyback on this conversation. According to some research a couple years ago, semen may also have anti-deppresant properties. Here is our article discussing it > > [http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html](http://www.throckmorton.me/files/got-semen-the-case-for-a-new-old-antidepressant.html) Well, I can’t say that I read the link that you posted. However, I can say that if semen is involved this most likely means that one is having sex – and if this is true then of course one (not me) would be less likely to be depressed! Good god, it has been waaayyy too long. HUMPH! :smack: GRRR! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-it-really-is-good-for-you/589485.md?page=2)